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MANUFACTURING FELTBD MITTENS FROM WOVEN 0R KNITTED FABRIC.

No. 292,250.Y Patented Jaz-n.22, 1884.`

n Unirse STATES PATENT tric-n.,

DEVILLO VASHINGTON NORTHRUP, OF UTICA, NFV YORK.

MANUFACTURING FELTED MITTENS FROM WOVEN 0R KNITTED FABRIC.

SPECIFIATION forming part of LettersvPatent No. 292,250, dated January 22, 184,

' Application iilcd Matth 3, 1883. (No modil.)

To @ZZ whom it 77mg/ concern.-

Be it known that I, DEvrLLo W. NORTH- RpP, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVIanufacturing Felted Mittens from Voven or Knitted Fabric; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My inventionrelates to an improvement in mittens, and to animproved process of mannfacturiug them, the object being to produce articles of this character which shall combine the Warmth, durability, and impermeability of felt with the elasticity and pliability of knitted or woven fabric, and which shall be neat in appearance and comfortable to wear.

Vith these objects in view my invention consists in mittens composed of felted,"knitted', or woven fabric.

My invention further consists in a process of makingl mittens, consisting, essentially, in constructing anexaggerated article from knitted or Woven fabric, then fulling the article so construct-ed, and finally blocking it, if need be.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction and operation, as will be more fully hereinafter set forthand described.v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a section of tubular knittedv fabric, the same having one end rounded for the end of the mitten, and having a 'slit cut in it for the attachment of the thumb. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, showing the mitten in the second stage of its formation, in which the rounded end is knitted or sewed together and the thumb attached. Figs. 3 and et respectively represent the mitten after the processes of fulling and blocking.

A represents a section of tubular knitted fabric, one end thereof being rounded, andthen sewed, knitted, or otherwise closed up. The said section is provided with a slit, B, to the edges of which the thumb C is attached. The thumb may be formed from a section of tubular fabric-of suitable size, or from fiat less seaniing.

knitted or woven fabric, or yet it may be knitted onto the section by hand or by suitable mechanism. So far as the section A is concerned, it may be formedfrom iiat knitted or woven fabric, as well as from tubular fabric, although the latter is preferred, as it requires After the exaggerated mitten has been completed, it is fulled in any `approved manner, and preferably by the use of soap and water. During thisoperation the toothed edges of the fabric are interlocked and so intimatelyassociated with each other that the mesh of the fabric disappears by gradual incorporation. rIhe seams are completely obliterated, and the mitten contracts in every direction and increases in thickness and coinpactness of texture until, when the process of fulling is ended, the mitten has the appearance of being formed from a single piece of felt. The size of the complet-ed mitten will depend, within certain limits, upon the duration of the opera-tion of fulling, which may be timed accordingly, and upon the size of the mitten before fulling. After the operation of fulling, the mittens are blocked to give them shape, if such a course is necessary. p

In mittens fabricated in accordance with my invention the warmth, durability, and impermeability of felt are combined with the elasticity and pliability of knitted and woven. fabric. The mittens. are seamless, and hence comfortable and neat in appearance, and they will not fray nor ravel.

- It is apparent that the process he'rein described isV applicable to the manufacture of gloves, as well as to that of mittens; hence I would have it understood that I consider gloves to be embraced by my invention.

Having fully described my invent-ion, whatv I claimas new, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, isi 1. As a new article of manufacture, a mitten composed of knitted or woven fabric felted or fulled,substantially as set forth.

2. A process of making mittens, consisting, essentially, in constructing'an exaggerated article from knitted or woven fabric, then fulling the article so constructed, andfinally blocking it, if need be, substantially as set forth.

3. A process of making mittens, consisting,

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essentially, in constructing i111 exaggerated a-rl speeicatou in the presence 0f two Subscribing ticle from Woven or knitted fabric by approwitnesses.

priately cutting and seaming the Same, then i Y fl yfulling the article so constructed, and nally l DENIM) SIUNM'ON OR'IHRLP' 5 blocking it, if need be, substantially as set \\"itnesses:

forth. HENRY A. DOoLlTTLE,

In testimony whereof I have signed this l ANDREW R. BENNETT. 

